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JAPAN
Dec 28, 2020

Shut that window! Open that window! Coronavirus in winter presents new challenge

The dry and often freezing climate is proving to be challenging as restaurants, shops and other facilities scramble to keep their facilities safe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 28, 2020

Battered Turkish economy puts a powerful Erdogan to the test

Turks had been grappling with a falling currency and double-digit inflation for two years when the pandemic hit in March, sharply worsening the country's deep recession.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 28, 2020

Xi Jinping’s strategic overreach in the Himalayas

China's ability to pursue its geopolitical ambitions is diminishing rapidly. Nowhere is this more apparent than in its relations with India.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 28, 2020

How ‘Demon Slayer’ came to be Japan’s biggest box-office hit of all time

The anime film beat out former record holder “Spirited Away,” due in part to fortuitous timing and word-of-mouth popularity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2020

Japan's appeal as hub hindered by taxes, language and lackluster growth

China's crackdown on Hong Kong has raised hopes Tokyo may be able to compete as a financial hub, but the numbers still don't work in Japan's favor.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Dec 27, 2020

Small but creative Toyooka has outsized presence

The small coastal city of Toyooka has developed renowned presence by imaginatively developing the vitality of its economy and community.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 27, 2020

'DM if interested': Sperm donors in Japan operate in a gray zone

With the system discouraging the use of donated semen, those who desperately want children are often left to look at less conventional routes to conception.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 26, 2020

Top 5: Food trends our critics want to see Japan embrace in 2021

Eyes (and stomachs) are already turning to 2021. Five of The Japan Times' critics share the dining trends they'd like to see the country embrace.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 26, 2020

Cow design collaborations to steer 2021 in the right direction

“On Design” looks to 2021, the Year of the Ox (or cow, depending on who you ask), with a few design collaborations featuring the auspicious bovine.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Dec 26, 2020

How has COVID-19 changed Japan's pop culture? Recultured podcast

Recultured is a podcast series by Deep Dive from The Japan Times. It tells the story of how COVID-19 affected Japan in 2020 through the lens of the country's pop culture.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 26, 2020

Biden expected to expand U.S.-India relationship while stressing rights

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has significantly invested in its relationship with India over the past four years, seeing the country as a crucial partner in counterbalancing the rise of China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2020

Abe apologizes at the Diet for false statements on dinner party funding

The long-running scandal has tainted the legacy of Abe's administration, corroded his credibility and cast a shadow over his successor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2020

China’s green gambit and climate change

In President Xi's view, China may be able to use the promise to cooperate on climate change as a source of leverage with which to thwart Joe Biden's containment strategy
SPORTS
Dec 25, 2020

Under cover: In search of the best athletic face mask

The Japan Times tested some of the more prominent consumer face coverings that sports equipment manufacturers have released this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional voices: Chubu
Dec 25, 2020

Hot spring resorts in Aichi struggling to stay afloat

The government's Go To Travel subsidy campaign offers only temporary aid for hotels that had difficulty attracting domestic visitors even before the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 25, 2020

Influencers may face fines as China tackles obesity and food waste

More than half of China's adult population is either overweight or obese, according to a new government report released Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2020

Five takeaways from the post-Brexit trade deal

The U.K. and the European Union struck a trade deal Thursday, setting the terms of their commercial relations after Britain completes its hard-fought split from the EU on Dec. 31.
EDITORIALS
Dec 24, 2020

Ezra Vogel always believed in Japan’s potential

Vogel's passing leaves a great void and his death — like his life — should occasion reflection and action in Japan to honor and continue his efforts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 24, 2020

China targets Jack Ma’s Alibaba empire in monopoly probe

China has begun an investigation into alleged monopolistic practices at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and summoned affiliate Ant Group Co. to a high-level meeting over financial regulations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2020

East Africa’s electric motorbikes are fueling a carbon-free future

The momentum on the continent is particularly strong in East Africa, where big money is flowing into growing and stabilizing the electricity grid.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Dec 23, 2020

Hong Kong’s courts are the last check on Beijing’s growing power

The courts are on the front lines of a clash between two very different legal systems.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Ireland report 2020
Dec 23, 2020

Deveire: Providing solutions quickly and effectively

Deveire is not your typical tech company. Only 10-years-old, the IT solutions company has grown from a one-man operation into a company that employs more than 50 people and boasts many clients in the Fortune 500.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Ireland report 2020
Dec 23, 2020

Walsh: A well-distilled pairing in Japan

Having established its reputation as a “super premium” whiskey across Europe and North America, Walsh Whiskey has set its sights on the Japanese market, which has a well-known affinity for the drink. Opened in 1999, the Carlow-based whiskey company is excited to introduce its diverse portfolio to...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2020

Leaving Hong Kong: A family makes a wrenching decision

Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers are expected to emigrate as Beijing tightens its grip over its most restive city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2020

‘The whole city was dark’: China rations electricity for millions

The drastic measures point to potential longer-term problems in China's energy universe, as leaders juggle competing priorities.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 22, 2020

The secret is out: This kanji will remain closely associated with the pandemic of 2020

The Japanese have spoken, 'u5bc6' (mitsu) is the kanji of the year for 2020. But what is this kanji trying to say to us?
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
The United States imposes 15% 'reciprocal' tariff on most Japanese goods
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday.
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
Biggest drop in Japanese nationals seen alongside record high in foreign residents
A street in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Wednesday
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
By Naoko Abe

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